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8/22/18

Hero Arts Season of Wonder Release Blog Hop

Hello! So glad you stopped in today for the 2018 Seasons of Wonder Blog Hop! The latest Hero Arts Winter Catalog is here and I am hopping along with some amazing ladies to share the newest products. If you are following along on the hop, you made it here from my sweet friend Libby's blog. To see the whole blog hop list, scroll down!

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CARDS

I have 3 cards to share today. This first one uses the new die called Very Merry Tree Fancy Die...

To create this card, I did a little Distressed Watercolored background on some watercolor paper. I die cut the tree right in the middle of the watercolored area and left the negative to be my main focus. I wanted to stablilize the tree so I added a piece of vellum behind the die cut. I added in some red Stickles for a little tree decoration. I topped the tree off with a gold glitter card stock star and the popped the card up on the card base layered with red striped card stock. To finish off the card, I added in a little brown tree stump.

This next card uses the Paper Layering Neighborhood to create a fun clean and simple card...

I die cut the little neighborhood on the card front and then layered a piece of gold card stock behind so all the windows sparkle! I finished this card off with a sentiment from

One last clean and simple card using a set that is already available called Color Layering Holly....

To create this card, I stamped and die cut the holly leaves with the inks that come in the Color Layering Bundle. Next, I stamped and die cut the holly berries. I stamped the sentiment on the bottom of the card and then scored a frame around the edge. I popped up the holly on the front of the card to finish it off. Nice and simple!

I hope you have enjoyed my cards today. The next stop on the hop is over to the amazing Kelly Latevola!

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PRIZES

There will be 2, $50 shopping sprees given for the Hero Arts online store. The winners will be randomly chosen from comments left on all the stops along the hop. Winners will be chosen by 11:59pm PST on Sunday, August, 26th.

Oh, my goodness!!! I love all of these. Love the watercolor "tree" card, the 'neighborhood' die is totally amazing, and the simplicity of the last card is such a visual relief in the middle of a creative hop like this. I have to remember to try that simple embossed frame idea. It's a technique I have known about for a long time, but never seem to remember when I start a card. It really packs a punch. Thank you.

These cards are beautiful! I love the neighborhood card which is perfect for mass production as I have to make 50 cards to send out over Christmas! Thank you for sharing your creativity and inspiring us to create!

Two of your cards use products I'd like to have. The Neighbourhood die card is classic in the white foreground & the gold glitter in the windows. Lovely. The Fancy Tree Die card is great also. I really like your CAS style.

Oh my, I`m loving all three of your beautiful cards featuring the new designs from the Hero Arts holiday catalogue. Beautifully done. I like your abstract Christmas treet with all the bright colours, and the subtle town with the gold backing. I also love and I think this is my favourite the holly card. Beautiful!

By this point in the hop, I have seen the same items used , but your creativity makes them still new and different - everyone looks at the same products with a different eye and their own colors and tools!

Wow Laurie, simple but elegant! Love these cards! They would be great to mass produce. You added The star, stickles and tree trunk to the tree card, the gold glitter paper to the neighborhood card and the scored frame to the holly berry card;just the right touches to create outstanding cards, TFS.

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I am a wife and a mom to little ones that I am so lucky to hang out with every day! I love to make clean and simple cards and collect stamps ...and all the other supplies for this crafty hobby! Just here to share my creations! Thanks for hanging out with me!

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